Toy.



PATENTED SEPT. 1 190a. T. A. MARTIN, DBGD.

H. MARTIN, QDKINISTRATBIX.

TOY.

APPLIOATIOH rum) JUNE s, 1901.

Inven tor;

THOMAS A. MARTIN, OF COVINGTON,

WARNER, or MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE; MARY THOMAS A. MARTIN, DECEASED.

KENTUCKY, ASSIGNOR or ONE-HALF TO FRED J.

MARTIN ADMINISTRATRIX OF SAID TOY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June a, 1907. Serial No. 877,619.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS A. MARTIN, a citizen of the United States, residin at Covington, in the county of Kenton an State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toys, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to Whirligig toys, and has for its object the providing of a toy of this character comprising a transversely grooved stem having a revoluble part loosely pivoted at its end in such manner as to cause revolving of the revolubledpart upon rubbing the transversely groove stem longitudinally of the stem with a suitable rubber, which may also be arranged to contact either side of the stem for causin the rotation of the revoluble part to take fiace in either. direction, and the invention will be readily understood from the following description and claims, and from the drawmg, in which latter:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my imroved device as seen from the handle end, with the rubber pushed against one side of the stem. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of m improved device as seen from the revolu le-part end, with the rubber ushed against the other side of the stem. ig. 3 is aside elevation of the stem with its revoluble-part pivoted thereto, and with the rub-. her in position. viewed from the revoluble-part end, with the head of. the securing pm omitted for showin a preferred relative proportion between t e size of the pivotal aperture in the revoluble-part and the pivotal pin; and, 5 is a cross-section on theline :c-a: of

1 re resents a stem which is provided withsuitab e notches 2, preferably at the upper and lower edges of the stem. "The stem ma be of wood or other suitable material. prefer that this stem shall be substantially rectangular in cross-sectiomwith the notches provided at either one or both of the upper and lower corners of the rectangle. At one end of the stem a revoluble-part 3 is ivoted on a pin 4 referably having a large ead 5. This revolu le part may be of any suitable shape or size and is preferably of cardboard, although other materials maybe employed, but I desire that the same shall be Fig. 4 is an end elevation,-

light. 'In order to give the revoluble part freedom of motion upon the in, I provide it with an aperture 6 sufficient y larger than the pin to permit the revoluble-part to turn very freely and preferably providing substantial play between the revoluble-part and pin, and inorder to aid this further, I also prefer to provide suitable space 7 between the end of the stem and the ead of the pin. The stem also has a handle 8.

9 is a rubber which ma be of wood or other suitable material an is preferabl in Patented Sept. 1, 1908. I

the form of a blade provided with a note 10 7 in the edge thereof preferably wider than the width of the stem and having side contactfaces 11 12 and at the bottom of the notch having a rubbing-face 13. I

When now the stem is held in one hand by the handle 8 and the rubber is moved forwardly and backwardly over the notches of the stemmore or less rapidly, the stem will besubjected to vibrations. The more rapidly the rubber'is rubbed along the stem the more frequent will these vibrations be. These vibrations will be communicated to the revoluble-part. If the rubber is rubbed upon the stem with its side contact-face 11 against one side of the stem, for instance, the side 14, which forms a side rubbing-face, the

revoluble-part will be caused to revolve with its upper edge toward the left, looking in the direction shown in Fig. 1. If however the rubber is rubbed along the stem with its other side edge 12 of the notch 10 against the other side 15 of the stem, which also forms a side rubbing-face, the revoluble-part will be caused to revolve in the o posite direction, or toward the right, viewed in the direction shown in Fig. 1. The latter position of the rubber isindicated in Fig. 2. The transference of contact from one to the other of said side-faces is accomplished without removing the rubber from contact with the notched surface. If desired the transverse notches in the stem may be extended a further distance around the stem or completely surround the stem, as may be desired, and

the stem may also be of different cross-secrubbing the stem thereof consistin of a my name hez eto in the presence of two subblade havin a notch in the ed e t ereof, scribing witnesses.-

wider than t ewhirli 'g stem an rovidingv v. s by 'its bottom a ru hing-face 21151 by its THOMAS 5 ends two contact-feces, substantially as de- Witnesses: r scribed. V. V. VAUGHAN,

In testimony whereof I have subscribed W. H. MQNCRIEF. 

